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Proverbs 7:4-5
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 7:4-5
Legacy Standard Bible
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your intimate friend;
5 In order to keep you from the strange woman,
From the foreign woman who [a]flatters with her words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:5 Lit is smooth
Proverbs 7:4-5
Evangelical Heritage Version
Proverbs 7:4-5
Evangelical Heritage Version
4 Say to Wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call Understanding your relative.[a]
5 She will keep you safe from an immoral woman,
from an unfaithful woman and her seductive words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:4 Or close friend
Proverbs 7:4-5
New International Version
Proverbs 7:4-5
New International Version
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and to insight, “You are my relative.”
5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(A)
Proverbs 7:21
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Proverbs 7:21
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21 With her abundant [a]persuasions she entices him;
With her (A)flattering lips she drives him to herself.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:21 Lit learning
Proverbs 7:21
Evangelical Heritage Version
Proverbs 7:21
Evangelical Heritage Version
21 She deceives him with enticing words.
With smooth lips she seduces him.
Proverbs 7:21
New International Version
Proverbs 7:21
New International Version
21 With persuasive words she led him astray;
she seduced him with her smooth talk.(A)
Proverbs 26:28
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Proverbs 26:28
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:28 Lit its crushed ones
Proverbs 26:28
Evangelical Heritage Version
Proverbs 26:28
Evangelical Heritage Version
28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
and a smooth mouth causes ruin.
Proverbs 26:28
New International Version
Proverbs 26:28
New International Version
28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts,
and a flattering mouth(A) works ruin.
Proverbs 28:23
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Proverbs 28:23
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 28:23
Evangelical Heritage Version
Proverbs 28:23
Evangelical Heritage Version
23 In the end a person who corrects someone will find more favor
than a person with a flattering tongue.
Proverbs 28:23
New International Version
Proverbs 28:23
New International Version
23 Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor
rather than one who has a flattering tongue.(A)
Proverbs 29:5
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Proverbs 29:5
Legacy Standard Bible
5 A man who (A)flatters his neighbor
Is spreading a net for his steps.
Proverbs 29:5
Evangelical Heritage Version
Proverbs 29:5
Evangelical Heritage Version
5 A man who flatters his neighbor
is spreading a net for his steps.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:5 Or his own steps
Proverbs 29:5
New International Version
Proverbs 29:5
New International Version
5 Those who flatter their neighbors
are spreading nets for their feet.(A)
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